Robert Harris had just completed a trilogy of novels about Cicero when he watched the election of Pope Benedict live on television. As a chronicler of power and its mutations, the scene — the Sistine ...
It comes with a possibly career-best performance by Ralph Fiennes; a large, expert cast of cagey pros; the assured pace of a thriller; and a final twist that even those know-it-alls in heaven won’t ...
A reserved and refined Ralph Fiennes does exemplary work as Thomas Lawrence, a conflicted Cardinal who is tasked with heading up the committee to vote on a new holy father, following the sudden death ...
The “English Patient” actor was preparing for his next role, as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the pope drama, and wanted to spend time with the real deal.